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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 533.

LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1906 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 540 Language: English.

First edition, first impression, of this account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04, led by William Speirs Bruce. It was a landmark expedition in terms of science, as it established Osmond House, the first meteorological observatory in the Antarctic. The authorship was undertaken by Brown, Mossman, and Pirie, the three members of the scientific staff, whose "outstanding account" this is (Rosove). Bruce stood apart from other Antarctic explorers, in that he refused to publish an official narrative in book form. This copy is in Rosove's binding variant "e", and is likely to be a remainder binding. Books on Ice 8.2n; Rosove 50.A1.b; Spence 193; Taurus Collection 51. Octavo. Original blue green cloth, spine lettered in black. Photographic frontispiece, 58 similar plates, 3 maps, one full-page, 2 folding and coloured maps (larger of the two at end). Spine leaning, extremities a touch rubbed, small mark to foot of title page, occasional foxing, plates bright, tear to large folding map. A very good copy.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. From the library of Kenn Back, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is a note 'Bought in Buenos Aires c.1998 from Graciela Rogers: it was her father's copy'.Stamp to the title page 'Juan Carlos Amadeo 1911'.Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey. He spent eight winters in the antarctic and was a descendent of Captain George Back.A complete copy of this first edition.Collated, complete.With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates.In the original pictorial cloth binding.The Scotia expedition was led by William Spiers Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the image fading to the front board and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Kenn Back. Internally, firmly bound. Small closed tar to the gutter of the large folding map. Prior owner's rubber stamp to the title page, not affecting text. Several ink annotations in text, and a few lines in pencil providing emphasis to page 79. Pages are bright. Heavy spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. From the library of Professor Malvino Reischetto, the professor of Geography at Rio University. With his inscription to the title page dated 1911 and his many inscriptions. A tipped in note states 'This copy owes its heavy foxing to a prolonged stay in a tropical climate and the scrawling annotations to the former owner, Prof Malvino Reischetto'.A complete copy of this first edition.With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates.In a plain publisher's cloth binding. This secondary variant appears uncommon and may possibly be for export editions.The Scotia expedition was led by William Spiers Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In a plain green publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional annotations from prior owner. Heavy spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. A really bright copy of this work, with the pictorial design to the front board lovely and bright.Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey. He spent eight winters in the antarctic and was a descendent of Captain George Back.A complete copy of this first edition.Collated, complete.With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates.In the original pictorial cloth binding.The Scotia expedition was led by William Speirs Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the image fading to the spine. Frontispiece is loosening slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Small closed tear to the map at the gutter. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good. book.

First edition. Presentation copy, signed on the half-title to his fellow Scottish scientist; "To John Mathieson Esq. thanking him for much valuable help in Polar Research & in token of friendship from Wm. S. Bruce.1 January 1910. Edinburgh". With a loosely inserted folded sheet of cream paper printed "With The Directors' Compliments. Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, Edinburgh." The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902 was lead by William Speirs Bruce who had just turned down Capt. Scott's invitation to be the naturalist on the Discovery expedition. The expedition conducted the first oceanographic exploration of the Weddell Sea and discovered the northern part of the Caird Coast. Bruce refused to write the popular account, and "instead the authorship of a popular narrative was taken up by three of the scientific staff, who wrote this outstanding account." (Rosove). In 1909, John Mathieson served as chief surveyor on the Scottish scientific expedition to Svalbard, led by William Bruce. The expedition was sponsored partly by Prince Albert of Monaco to continue the survey of Prins Karls Forland begun by Bruce, and partly by the Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate, to examine the company's mineral claims there and in the Isfjorden region. Mathieson led the surveying party on Prins Karls Forland, and during the summer completed Bruce's survey, leaving only some details for later verification or amendment. (Scott Polar Institute). Spence 193. Rosove 50.A1. Royal 8vo, (xxiv) 375 pp., 59 plts. and 3 maps. Original pictorial covers w/ some wear & bumped at corners, the white title on the spine faded, white title and illustrations on the cover slightly rubbed but overall intact. Fold. map w. sml. tears at hinge o/w internally clean, tight & sound. Overall a very nice desirable copy in Good+ condition. Items signed by Bruce are uncommon.

First edition. Prefatory Note by William S. Bruce. Octavo. pp xxiv, 375. Numerous black-and-white photographs; two folding maps, one at rear. Original slate-grey pictorial cloth lettered in white. An account of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. Peter Speak author of William Speirs Bruce: Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist (2003) describes the expedition as "by far the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age" and yet it received no formal honour or recognition from the British government and its members were denied even the prestigious Polar Medal. A major achievement of the expedition was the cataloguing of more than 1,100 species of animal life, 212 of them previously unknown to science. R.H. Rudmose Brown was the chief botanist. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "With the kind regards of R.N. Rudmose Brown" and with a short inscription on the headed notepaper of The University, Sheffield: "To Mr Hendrickson with happy memories of a day in Green Harbour - R N Rudmose Brown". The recipient Peder Leonard Henrickson (1859-1932) was a harpooner and because of his extensive experience of hunting in Arctic waters was taken on by Fridjof Nansen for the 1893-6 Norwegian Polar Expedition on board the Fram. J. Arthur Bain in his Fridtjof Nansen: His Life and Explorations (1895) describes him thus: "He is a tall, square-built man of exceptional physical powers, which have often been severely tested. When off Novaya Zemlya, in 1888, the schooner Enigheden, of Christiansund, on which he was harpooner, became a total wreck. The storm continuing, he was compelled to remain on deck for several days, during which he was literally encased in ice. He at last managed to crawl ashore, and, report says, 'was able to thaw and dry his clothes.' His herculean strength has enabled him to endure all hardships, and he entered on his latest voyage with an iron constitution and strong resolve." Green Harbour (or Grønfjorden in Norwegian) lies on the southern side of Isfjorden on Spitsbergen's west coast. Rudmose Brown published a book Spitsbergen: An Account of Exploration, Hunting, the Mineral Riches & Future Potentialities of an Arctic Archipelago (1920) and presumably he met Hendricksen during the course of his researches. Most of the white enamel lettering on the spine had flaked off but is intact, together with the illustration, on the upper cover.